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Kennedi Mae Swanson born June 7, 2017, passed away peacefully in her Mommy and Daddy’s loving arms on July 28, 2017, at St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Kennedi is the daughter of Alexa Koponen and Austin Swanson.
Kennedi’s 7 short weeks here on earth were filled with so much Love and Happiness; she was a very happy and content little angel. She had her mommy’s beautiful big brown eyes and her daddy’s infectious smile. She was our family’s perfect little flower picked too soon. During her short time here, Kennedi gave us a lifetime of love.

WINTON RESIDENTS
MUST SIGN UP FOR THE RECYCLING PICK UP PROGRAM. Sign up for the pick up
program will begin July 27, 2017 on Mondays and Thursdays at Brandau Plumbing and on Mondays at the Community Center Building. Instructions and recycling bags will be provided at the time of sign up. Call the City Clerk at 365-5941 for questions.
Ely Echo 7/29/2017

Joye Marilyn Soderberg, 88, passed away on July 28, 2017 at Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely, Minnesota. She was born on January 27, 1929 in Ely, MN to Emil and Lillian Forsman.
Joye was a lifelong resident of Ely and graduated from Memorial High School in 1946. She attended Ely Junior College where she studied business services. Joye married Norman A. Soderberg of Soudan, Minnesota in November 1947. Joye and Norm lived in Ely throughout their marriage, raising four children.
Joye was a working woman all of her life, from jointly operating Sody’s Soda shop in the 1950s to various jobs in local businesses, from retail jobs to cleaning homes for people. She began working for Don Beland’s Canoe Outfitters in 1970 and stayed with the business as Office Manager as it changed to Tom and Woods’ Moose Lake Wilderness Canoe Trips, retiring in 1995.

FORCED TO MOVE from the area after her husband lost a mining job, Elyite Kathleen (Omerza) Recht spoke passionately in support of copper-nickel mining during testimony Tuesday at a listening session hosted by the U.S. Forest Service

One of the most passionate pro-mining speeches of the night came from Ely high school graduate Kathleen Recht.

Recht said the most recent downturn in the region’s mining economy uprooted her family, indicating that her teacher’s salary wasn’t enough to sustain their budget and that the tourism industry didn’t offer quality employment after her husband was laid off by Mesabi Nugget.

“Those jobs are seasonal,” said Recht. “Those jobs pay an average of $18,000 with no benefits. They’re great for college students.”

Officials from the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management listened on stage to the speakers, who were chosen at random from those who signed up before the meeting.

WHY NOT EXPLORE? was the message from State Sen. Dave Tomassoni in Virginia Tuesday.

...Cuffe blasted federal action that blocked the renewal of mineral leases held by Twin Metals Minnesota, as well as the possible ban on mineral exploration for up to 20 years, calling the process “a charade of garbage.”
Tomassoni showed similar passion.

“We need to continue to mine,” he said. “That is what we do. That is our lifestyle.”

Leading the “let us drill,” chant, Tomassoni said the government owes Twin Metals the chance to explore.

“Tell me when in our country that we’ve been afraid to explore,” said Tomassoni. Article and phots from the hearing appear in this week’s Ely Echo.

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SIGNING IN - Pat Marsnik of Ely registered to speak at Tuesday’s Forest Service listening session in Virginia. Pro-mining forces were urged to “stuff the box” and ensure that pro-mining voices were heard at an event that attracted almost 1,000 people. Photos by Nick Wognum.

For all she knew, Heidi Pinkerton’s role was a simple one at the International Wolf Center in Ely on a recent Friday. She’d been asked to come by the Center to take some updated photographs of the non-profit’s board of directors at their meeting.
What Pinkerton didn’t know was that the board had a big surprise up its sleeve.
As the group was preparing to leave an exhibit area at the interpretive center, board member Nancy Gibson spoke up. She started reading from some notes and Pinkerton’s name kept coming up. It was at that point Pinkerton realized she was in for a big shock. She was being presented with the organization’s Who Speaks for Wolf award for her tireless work over the years.